..Sham feeding has been reported to enhance bowel motility. Here, the effect of gum chewing is evaluated as a convenient method to enhance postoperative recovery from ileus after laparoscopic colectomy...

Is carbon dioxide as an insufflation agent for double contrast barium enema still worthwhile after a same-day flexible sigmoidoscopy?

..The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of a double-contrast barium enema (DCBE) with CO(2) as a distending gas after a screening flexible sigmoidoscopy for reducing abdominal distension after an examination...

Clinicopathological characteristics and outcome indicators of stage II gastric cancer according to the Japanese classification of gastric cancer

..Although cell density in cultured cells has demonstrated several alterations in the nature of cell kinetics, the changes in the metastatic aggressiveness of cancer lines under different cell densities have not yet been studied...

An easy and certain method to prevent dislodging of laparoscopic ports

..No complications relating to use of this device were observed. The new stabilizing device is simple, cost effective, and useful for prevention of the dislodging of various types of conventional ports, especially in the case of infants...

An individual with gastric schwannoma with pathologically malignant potential surviving two years after laparoscopy-assisted partial gastrectomy